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Healthcare Data Breach Statistics

The HIPAA Journal

You can view our H1, 2024 Report here.You can also receive a free copy of our HIPAA Compliance Checklist to understand your organization’s responsibilities under HIPAA. Data breaches increased once again in 2022, with OCR receiving reports of 720 data breaches of 500 or more records. 2021 was a bad year for data breaches with 45.9

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Shelise Valentine

Minority Nurse

She’s active in various organizations, including the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses, the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Better Maternal Outcomes Rapid Improvement Network, and MomsRising. What nursing leader inspires you the most and why?

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The Nursing Shortage and Patient Safety

Relias

Because of these ongoing trends, healthcare organizations and the nursing community must work collaboratively to find ways to examine the link between the nursing shortage and patient safety. Healthcare organizations will need to replace them with less experienced nurses. Patient safety is a fundamental goal of all health care.

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How To Measure and Assess Nurse Competency

Relias

Competing with other healthcare organizations to fill nurse vacancies creates a sense of urgency to hire, regardless of whether you’re selecting the most highly competent applicants. Ideally, every clinician will bring as much value to your organization as possible. They also want to see their organization excel.

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Don’t Call Us Heroes: Nursing Is a Calling — and a Profession

Relias

Inside the hospital, nursing units might realistically be a cauldron of stress and anxiety. Healthcare industry organizations have surveyed nurses and related staff to discover the biggest issues and solutions that may exist as a large percentage of nurses threaten to leave the industry. Stressful work environment.

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The Urgent Need for Alcohol and Drug Counselors in the US

Intercoast

Millions of Americans are struggling with these issues, leading to devastating consequences for individuals, families, and communities. It affects families, communities, and society as a whole. Addiction can strain relationships, erode trust, and lead to conflict and violence within the family unit.

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Healthcare Workforce Safety: Nurse Safety and Patient Safety Go Hand in Hand

Relias

Nurses and other healthcare staff rely on safe working environments, capable leaders, support for personal well-being, and of course, respect. How can healthcare organizations and leaders achieve these goals by protecting nurse and patient safety congruently? In a 2022 ConnectRN survey , 65% of nurses reported inadequate staffing.